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Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jun 2016, 20:14
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,604
Posted By MountainBear

The first sentence is true. The rest is untrue. ...

The first sentence is true. The rest is untrue. The recorders stopped working about five minutes before crash and at approximate 9K MSL.

And it is worth noting that this was due to a fire in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd May 2016, 00:29
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,604
Posted By MountainBear

What is most telling about the ACARS list posted...

What is most telling about the ACARS list posted in this thread is not what it says but what it doesn't say. With either a fire or a bomb what one expects is a cascade of faults more numerous than...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Feb 2016, 21:16
Replies: 152
Views: 132,475
Posted By MountainBear

Of course it was a bomb, just like the downing of...

Of course it was a bomb, just like the downing of the Russian craft in Egypt was a bomb. Whatever a country needs to be a bomb, is a bomb. I look back on the 1960-2000 period and I just have to say,...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Nov 2015, 00:21
Replies: 211
Views: 158,111
Posted By MountainBear

So let's take your comments one by one Sure....

So let's take your comments one by one

Sure. This speaks to motive. There is no dispute that ISIS had the motive to do it. But motive is not evidence that something was done, only that one desired...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Nov 2015, 19:50
Replies: 211
Views: 158,111
Posted By MountainBear

Nope

Problem is, there is no way to connect the dots between #4 and #5. The only way to get an explosive to manage #4 is either (a) an explosive so large as to rip the plane in half or (b) an explosive...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Nov 2015, 17:36
Replies: 211
Views: 158,111
Posted By MountainBear

I have no doubt that the Russians found explosive...

I have no doubt that the Russians found explosive residue on that plane. The question is who put it there? I am deeply suspicious both because of the timing of the announcement (four days after...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Nov 2015, 21:04
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,495,653
Posted By MountainBear

Russian (MAK)--because it was their citizens and...

Russian (MAK)--because it was their citizens and their flight.
Egyptian (ECAA)--because it landed in their territory
French (BEA)--because it was their plane.

I assume BEA will mostly be doing...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2015, 22:46
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,495,653
Posted By MountainBear

No. Irrelevant. The...

No.




Irrelevant.

The fundamental assumption these posts make is that the instrumentation was working properly and being monitored properly. We don't know that. All we know is the that the...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2015, 20:12
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,495,653
Posted By MountainBear

This could have been said much more simply (but...

This could have been said much more simply (but less diplomatically) in three letters:

CYA
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Oct 2015, 22:07
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,495,653
Posted By MountainBear

Based upon the many pictures here: Russia...

Based upon the many pictures here:

Russia Plane Crash Debris Found in Egypt's Sinai Desert - NBC News...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Feb 2015, 01:58
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

That is a justification to pass the buck and not...

That is a justification to pass the buck and not a technical argument. One of the more troublesome aspects of making the computer the pilot is the issue of accountability. Right now "pilot error" is...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2015, 22:32
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

I'd like to address this point because it is...

I'd like to address this point because it is based upon what is a common yet faulty understanding of the nature of computer systems software. All software design is a function of collective...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2015, 20:17
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

This is a fascinating psychological topic. The...

This is a fascinating psychological topic. The general consensus in the literature is that pilots revert to a primitive concept that equates flying with climbing. This makes sense in that in order to...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2015, 19:58
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

I'll take the computer. Here's the thing...

I'll take the computer.

Here's the thing about a computer--it still has enormous upside because the software is the result of a collective endeavor. It is true enough that in short run there might...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2015, 01:53
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_dependence ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_dependence

He'd encountered a similar situation on the same plane before. To understand his frame of mind, walk in his shoes.
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jan 2015, 19:16
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

That is what I said two days ago in a post that...

That is what I said two days ago in a post that got deleted but in any event it is only one possibility. Another possibility is simply that the cpt. got angry at the flaky computer and decided to...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jan 2015, 22:25
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

@Healy and others. Please stop using the...

@Healy and others.

Please stop using the word "reset". The FACs was not reset.



https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/26161092/computer-glitch-distracted-airasia-pilot/

A circuit breaker is...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jan 2015, 03:21
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

Several posters have danced around the issue but...

Several posters have danced around the issue but it's better to be direct. The "Airbus philosophy" of envelope protection needs to be revisited. Either one of two things is going to happen over the...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2015, 21:29
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

You forgot deliberately holding back on the...

You forgot deliberately holding back on the stick, non?
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Jan 2015, 01:51
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

That is a reasonable inference.

That is a reasonable inference.
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jan 2015, 02:43
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,284
Posted By MountainBear

Why? It's exactly what they did in the Russian...

Why? It's exactly what they did in the Russian crash two years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Salak_Sukhoi_Superjet_100_crash

I won't say the report was the best thing I've ever read...
Forum: ATC Issues
12th Aug 2014, 03:06
Replies: 4
Views: 3,322
Posted By MountainBear

NTSB blames ATC for ACE air crash

Anchorage Center controller a factor in 2013 fatal crash | Alaska Dispatch (http://www.adn.com/article/20140811/anchorage-center-controller-factor-2013-fatal-crash)

For apparently the first time...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jun 2014, 05:29
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,419
Posted By MountainBear

Is this a guess or has this actually been...

Is this a guess or has this actually been confirmed by a real world test?
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2014, 18:39
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,419
Posted By MountainBear

That's the wrong question. Let me tell you what I...

That's the wrong question. Let me tell you what I think is extremely frightening. I think it's extremely frightening when people obsess about the last accident as an excuse to avoid thinking about a...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Apr 2014, 20:07
Replies: 73
Views: 49,091
Posted By MountainBear

Interesting. If you have any links to published...

Interesting. If you have any links to published research it would be great to share them with the forum.
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Apr 2014, 21:13
Replies: 73
Views: 49,091
Posted By MountainBear

I agree yet understand that there is no way to...

I agree yet understand that there is no way to standardize this criteria because "self-preservation" in the heat of the moment is not a rational instinct. It's about one's "gut" or "intuition" or...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2014, 01:54
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,419
Posted By MountainBear

Partial Ping and Fuel Starvation

I noticed there was a dispute a few days ago about the "partial ping" and fuel starvation and I agree with Porterhouse that this is unlikely. The reason is that even assuming there was enough...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Mar 2014, 05:04
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,419
Posted By MountainBear

No. Swift will only attempt to forward the data...

No. Swift will only attempt to forward the data via any connection if the airline has subscribed.

No. Details about the subscription is located in the FMS on the plane.

Malaysia Airlines...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Mar 2014, 18:30
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,419
Posted By MountainBear

@dataq1 post #8850 If the ground station...

@dataq1 post #8850

If the ground station initiates the ping then the inconsistent time intervals indicate some issue with the ground station, not with the plane. The question why would SW that is...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Mar 2014, 17:28
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,419
Posted By MountainBear

Has that been established? The last time I looked...

Has that been established? The last time I looked at this thread last week I thought there was agreement that the satellite initiated the handshake.

As for the two minute intervals that looks...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Mar 2014, 17:08
Replies: 73
Views: 49,091
Posted By MountainBear

:ugh: That's exactly the point. Most of the...

:ugh:

That's exactly the point. Most of the posts in this thread are questioning the FO judgement. Yet if the FO has weak character or otherwise feels psychology inhibited from performing an...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Mar 2014, 03:01
Replies: 73
Views: 49,091
Posted By MountainBear

This is the type of proposal that strikes me as...

This is the type of proposal that strikes me as "trying to solve the last accident". I am skeptical that it would do much good for two reasons. First, it might just transfer the indecision of a FO...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2014, 02:25
Replies: 73
Views: 49,091
Posted By MountainBear

Hindsight bias

There is a lot of hindsight bias going on in this thread. :mad: It's easy to talk about what the FO could have done or might have done and the assume that everything works perfectly from there on...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2014, 17:41
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,419
Posted By MountainBear

If I understand the complaint correctly, the...

If I understand the complaint correctly, the complaint is based upon a fundamental error. The 40 degree arc that is plotted on a map is a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2014, 17:35
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,419
Posted By MountainBear

The 40 degree arc is based upon the altitude of...

The 40 degree arc is based upon the altitude of the plane at the LKP. That's why the satellite polling the device terminal has to contain altitude data. The physical radius of the radio waves (the...
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